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Metal

Trump Administration to Expand Price Support for US Rare Earths Projects, Sources Say

On July 24, 2025, a meeting convened by White House officials focused on strategies to enhance U.S. critical minerals production. Hosted by Peter Navarro, a tra…

Hydropower Plant

Rushydro Commissions Largest Hydropower Station in Chechnya

RusHydro has successfully completed and launched the 10MW Tower Hydroelectric Power Station in the Chechen Republic, marking it as the largest hydroelectric fac…

Floating Solar

1 MWp Floating Solar Project Underway in Paraguay

Itaipu Binacional, a joint venture equally owned by Brazil and Paraguay dedicated to clean and renewable energy, has started installing its first floating solar…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

ENEC and Samsung C&T to Collaborate on Global Nuclear Projects

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC) and Samsung C&T Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly explore nuclear energy project…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Sharply Increases Grain Sales Abroad

As of June 1, 2025, the domestic wheat market held a total stock of 7.3 million tons, marking a 16.4% increase compared to the same period in the previous year.…

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa 14 MW Turbines to Spin at Ocean Winds’ Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

Ocean Winds has signed a conditional agreement with Siemens Gamesa for the supply of 26 SG 14-236 offshore wind turbines for the BC-Wind project in Poland. Each…

Energy Storage System

India’s MSEDCLTenders 2 GW/4 GWh of Grid-Connected Battery Storage

India's Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has issued a tender to select developers for the installation of 2 GW/4 GWh batt…

United States

Jacobs Picked to Design Seattle’s $7.1bn Light Rail Extension

Dallas-based engineering firm Jacobs has been selected by Sound Transit to provide design services for the West Seattle Link Extension, a 6.6 km addition to Sea…

China

India Buys Record Amount of Soybean Oil From China

Indian importers have purchased a record 150,000 tonnes of soybean oil from China in an unusual trade shift, driven by a surplus in the Chinese market. Accordin…

Germany

BASF and CATL Enter Supply Agreement for Cathode Active Materials

BASF SE, headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) of Fujian, China, have signed a global framework agreement…

Electric Vehicles

China Inaugurates Changan Auto as Central SOE

On Tuesday, China's state-owned assets regulator officially announced the establishment of China Changan Automobile Group Co., Ltd. as a centrally administe…

Hydro Generator Unit

BC Hydro Commissions 5th Generation Unit at Site C Project

BC Hydro’s 1,100MW Site C hydroelectric project in northeastern British Columbia has reached a key milestone with the successful commissioning of its fift…

Hydrogen Production

Siemens and Paragon Join Forces on Novel Hydrogen Production Technology

German technology group Siemens and UK-based Paragon Resources have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on scaling up a new hydrogen produ…

Battery

Germany’s Philippsburg Set for 400MW Battery

EnBW has announced plans to develop a 400MW/800MWh battery energy storage system at its Philippsburg Energy Park site in southwest Germany. If completed, the pr…

Electric Vehicles

Leapmotor Rolls Out 10,000th B01 Sedan Just Seven Days After Market Launch

On July 30, Leapmotor announced that production of its newly launched B01 sedan had reached 10,000 units, just one week after the model entered the market on Ju…